Cuts to jobs and services are on the way unless the government abandons plans to cap authorities, ministers have been warned, as those in the firing line submitted last-ditch appeals against the...
Anti-mafia laws used in the US are to be copied in Northern Ireland to tackle extortion rackets in public sector building projects, the government has announced.
The CIPFA elections for 2004/05 have produced a more even gender balance to the institute's Council after the return of Jaki Salisbury and the election of Jane Cuthbertson.
Team spirit and cohesion were celebrated in this week's Public Finance Public Servants of the Year Awards even the individual winners drew attention to their importance. Editor Mike Thatcher...
Ambitious plans to use on-line auctions to save £200m on procurement contracts over three years have stalled, throwing into doubt the government's drive to slash billions of pounds from public sector...
Spiralling public sector inflation is a deeper and more complex problem for local government than the council tax issue, the leader of Kent County Council said this week.
Ministers are celebrating after successfully banning the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children beyond six-week emergency periods...
Local government unions have resolved to ratchet up their pay campaign by lobbying chief executives and councillors during the local elections, while balloting their members on the current 7% three-...
Local authorities could move to three-year budgets in the Spending Review after the prime minister promised schools longer-term financial planning this week.
Labour and the Conservatives have fired the opening salvos in this year's local elections campaign, levelling allegations of high spending and town hall mismanagement at one other.
The number of Northern Ireland's local authorities is set to be cut from 26 to a maximum of nine as a result of the first proposals emerging from the province's Review of Public Administration.
The government is to give housing associations staged funding to take over council 'sink estates' as part of a package of measures announced this week to boost its decent homes standard.
The government-backed project set up to inject £125m of public money into the voluntary sector will fail unless public sector agencies get on board, the head of the consortium charged with managing...
Despite the government's commitment to reduce the size of Whitehall, the number of permanent and casual civil service staff increased during 2003, as several departments took on extra...
